Legacy Giving

There are many ways to leave a lasting legacy in the fight against childhood cancer. By naming the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation as a beneficiary of your will, your life insurance policy or even your retirement plan, you are ensuring that children suffering from the most devastating of all cancers have at least a fighting chance to live a normal and healthy life.

Your compassion and generosity also provides you with tax-saving benefits. After making sure that your loved ones are taken care of, it's just as easy to make sure that sick children are being helped by leaving a portion of your estate to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

Here are some simple options:

Bequests
Through your will, you can specify a part of your estate to be directed to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Ask your attorney to use the following language:

"I give and bequeath to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 302 Ridgefield Ct., Asheville, NC 28806 __________ (insert dollar amount, percentage of estate or description of securities, property, etc.) to be used for its general purposes."

Assets
By transferring stock, real estate, or other assets to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, you may receive significant advantages, including a charitable income tax deduction or even an elimination of capital gains tax completely. Contact your tax advisor to ask how to make this transfer.

NOTICE: A provision of the Tax Code allowing for the charitable donation of Individual Retirement Account assets that would have otherwise expired in 2007 has been extended through Dec. 31, 2009, as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The Pension Protection Act of 2006, or PPA, liberalized the rules allowing for the direct donation of assets held in an IRA to charitable organizations. Under Code Section 408(d)(8), added by the PPA, IRA owners who have attained age 70-and-a-half are permitted to distribute up to $100,000 per year of IRA assets directly to a qualified charity without causing such a transfer to be taxable to the IRA owner

Life insurance
You may have a life insurance policy that you don't need anymore. Giving this policy to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (both as owner and beneficiary) will allow you to deduct the cash value from your taxes. The holder of your policy can help you determine the best way to accomplish this.

All of these options are crucial to the fight against children's brain tumors, and all will make a vital difference in the future of those struggling with this disease today.

Questions?
Send an email, call us at 800-253-6530 (9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. ET), or write PBTF, 302 Ridgefield Ct., Asheville, NC 28806.